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220122 The First Rock and Roll Song
From: Jamie Dell'Apa
Series: Searching For The First Rock And Roll Song
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In the post World War II era a new music captured the imagination and hope of people in the US and around the world. This music wasn't called rock ...

Bought by KCHU, KTAL-LP [Las Cruces Community Radio], WYAP, KPRG, and KFCF FM


  • Added: Jan 19, 2022
  • Length: 02:56:59
  • Purchases: 5
Bricktop Part 2
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: the Club McKenzie: Your 1920s Jazz Speakeasy
Caption: Bricktop
"I was always fascinated with saloons. As a kid on State Street in Chicago, I was always running under the swinging doors." - Bricktop

Bought by KCBX


  • Added: Oct 12, 2017
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 1
Can You Dance to That?
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: the Club McKenzie: Your 1920s Jazz Speakeasy
Caption: John Held, Jr.
In the 1920s, the answer to that question was an important factor in the success of a song. Every few weeks a new dance was introduced, and fans lo...

Bought by KCBX


  • Added: Mar 08, 2017
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 1
By Any Other Name
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: the Club McKenzie: Your 1920s Jazz Speakeasy
Caption: The Whoopee Makers
They were best known as The Whoopee Makers, but they had the habit of adopting new names at the drop of a hat. The Lumberjacks, Louisville Rhythm K...

Bought by KCBX


  • Added: Dec 21, 2016
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 1
Dulcet Tones
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: the Club McKenzie: Your 1920s Jazz Speakeasy
Caption: Ethel Waters
Those beautiful female voicalists who became pioneers in the art of jazz voicing in the early 1920s.

Bought by KCBX


  • Added: Dec 18, 2015
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 1
The Texas Music Hour of Power #1
From: Mal Thursday
Series: The Texas Music Hour of Power
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Originally transmitted May 16, 2105. Joe Nick Patoski spins more great Texas platters and provides his trademark brand of radio salvation.

  • Added: May 21, 2015
  • Length: 01:48:54
The Glass Sho: Episode 29 (Marie Incontrera)
From: Chris McGovern
Series: The Glass Sho
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Composer-conductor Marie Incontrera discusses Fred Ho, The Eco-Music Big-Band and going forward as a composer.

  • Added: Nov 17, 2014
  • Length: 01:04:38
Laughing in Rhythm
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: the Club McKenzie: Your 1920s Jazz Speakeasy
Caption: John Held Jr.
Laughter is the best medicine. But, it feels that today's musicians may be taking themselves too seriously. Here are selections from the 1920s to t...

Bought by KCBX


  • Added: Apr 02, 2013
  • Length: 58:57
  • Purchases: 1
Pee Wee
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: the Club McKenzie: Your 1920s Jazz Speakeasy
Caption: Pee Wee Russell
Although he hailed from St. Louis, Charles Ellsworth “Pee Wee” Russell took his clarinet cues from New Orleans. Only now is he beginning to be reco...

Bought by KCBX


  • Added: Mar 26, 2013
  • Length: 58:57
  • Purchases: 1
Artsy Fartsy Show Antislam Melting Pot 4-10-2012
From: Artsy Fartsy Show
Series: Artsy Fartsy Show
Caption: Rev Jen Guest Co-Host the Artsy Fartsy Show
This week’s program is a collaboration of two terrific NYC Slam establishments. The Anti-Slam and The Melting Pot. The studio will be filled to the...

  • Added: Jan 07, 2013
  • Length: 51:36
Anything Goes
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: the Club McKenzie: Your 1920s Jazz Speakeasy
Caption: Cole Porter
American icon Cole Porter learned piano and violin at age six. He became very good at both, but he disliked the violin's harsh sound and so his ene...

Bought by KCBX


  • Added: Nov 02, 2012
  • Length: 58:57
  • Purchases: 1
Obscurity
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: the Club McKenzie: Your 1920s Jazz Speakeasy
Caption: 1920s dancers
Remember Dick Powell the actor? How about Dick Powell the jazz banjo player? He’s just one of many obscure early jazz performers heard in this pro...

  • Added: Aug 21, 2012
  • Length: 58:55
Muggsy
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: the Club McKenzie: Your 1920s Jazz Speakeasy
Caption: Muggsy Spanier, Credit: photo by Charles Peterson
The origin of his nickname is disputed. Regardless of the reasons, Francis Joseph Julian Spanier was simply known as Muggsy. Before Bix Beiderbeck...

  • Added: Jul 12, 2012
  • Length: 58:59
Satchmo
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: the Club McKenzie: Your 1920s Jazz Speakeasy
Caption: Louis Armstrong
There are three audible stages in the career of Louis Armstrong: The years prior to recording when he performed with Fate Marable, Oscar Celestin a...

  • Added: Apr 06, 2012
  • Length: 59:01
The Tragedian of Jazz
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: the Club McKenzie: Your 1920s Jazz Speakeasy
Caption: Ted Lewis & his ubiquitous silk hat
He has one foot in vaudeville and one foot in jazz, and he was a show unto himself. Ted Lewis was the only popular bandleader who could show up wit...

  • Added: Mar 22, 2012
  • Length: 59:01
Harlem Renaissance
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: the Club McKenzie: Your 1920s Jazz Speakeasy
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Music and stories from "The Jazz Age."

Bought by Red River Radio Network (E. Texas/Louisiana/Arkansas/Mississippi), Red River Radio Network (E. Texas/Louisiana/Arkansas/Mississippi), KMUN, Red River Radio Network (E. Texas/Louisiana/Arkansas/Mississippi), and Red River Radio Network (E. Texas/Louisiana/Arkansas/Mississippi)


  • Added: Nov 14, 2011
  • Length: 58:59
  • Purchases: 5
An Evening with Joe King Carrasco
From: Southwest Stages
Series: Southwest Stages
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An hour of music and interviews with Joe King Carrasco recorded live at the El Rey Theater in Albuquerque, NM in 2007.

Bought by Prairie Public and KGOU


  • Added: Jul 23, 2009
  • Length: 58:59
  • Purchases: 2
An Evening with Roger Clyne & The Peacemakers
From: Southwest Stages
Series: Southwest Stages
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An hour of music and interviews with Roger Clyne & The Peacemakers recorded live at the Rialto Theater in Tucson Arizona in 2006

  • Added: Jul 01, 2009
  • Length: 59:00